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Rotate sooner, bringing the nose up at 125 kt rather than letting speed build further.
What happened: You lifted off at 146 kt against a rotation target of 125 kt, rotating late in the ground roll.
Watch for: Watch airspeed and rotate at the target of 125 kt.
See Departure Roll
A typical trainer rotates in the mid-50s of knots - a 172 at around 55 KIAS, climbing out at a Vy in the low 70s, though check your own POH rather than memorising Cessna's numbers - and the transferable rule is that Vr sits just above the stall speed in takeoff configuration. Rotate early because "it felt ready" and the aircraft lifts off inside ground effect, where induced drag is reduced, then climbs out of it into more drag. On a marginal-performance day the result is an aircraft that lifts off and then refuses to climb, sagging back towards the runway.
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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
Two stabilised approach gates, each with six checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 10,560 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 1,499 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with taxiing from the parking area to the runway, taking approximately 14 minutes and covering a distance of 7 nautical miles. The aircraft, a C750, then departed from runway 22 at El Paso International Airport, taking off at a distance of 4,393 feet, which was just 41% of the runway's length. The liftoff speed was 146 knots, and the local weather conditions at the time were quite hot, with a temperature of 99 degrees Fahrenheit.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered a gentle wind of 7 knots, blowing from an angle of 69 degrees. This resulted in a slightly crosswind component of 2 knots, but a more significant tailwind component of 6 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, which started 1 mile south of Fort Bliss, Texas, and continued for 15 minutes as the aircraft ascended from an altitude of 4,937 feet above sea level to 44,348 feet, a total increase of 39,411 feet.
The climb covered a distance of 83 nautical miles, and the aircraft then entered into a level cruise, which started 10 miles west of the Deming Airport in New Mexico. This cruise phase lasted for 13 minutes and covered a distance of 94 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, which started 5 miles northeast of the Willcox Airstrip in Arizona. This descent phase was quite steep, with the aircraft dropping from an altitude of 44,424 feet above sea level to 7,375 feet, a decrease of 37,050 feet, in just 18 minutes, while covering a distance of 102 nautical miles.
Following the descent, the aircraft entered into another level cruise phase, which started 2 miles northeast of Queen Creek, Arizona, and lasted for just 2 minutes, covering a distance of 7 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final descent, which started 2 miles southwest of Apache Junction, Arizona. This final descent was relatively short, taking just 5 minutes, and covering a distance of 16 nautical miles, as the aircraft dropped from an altitude of 6,903 feet above sea level to 2,392 feet.
As the aircraft approached the runway at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, it was following a heading of 270.0 degrees, and was 4 nautical miles from the runway, at an altitude of 1,263 feet above ground level. The landing was conducted on runway 26, which was 10,560 feet long, and the threshold speed was good at 120 knots. The touchdown distance was also good, at 1,493 feet, but the touchdown speed was slightly higher than ideal, at 115 knots. The touchdown rate was smooth, at -116 feet per minute, but the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centreline, by 38 feet.
Following the landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, taking just 5 minutes and covering a short distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 315 nautical miles, which was covered in a flight time of 67 minutes, and the aircraft used 1,921 pounds of fuel during the entire flight.
The aircraft, C750, successfully landed on runway 26 at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (KPHX) with a score of 94.4%. The final approach to the runway came from the east, with an initial heading of 270.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,263 feet above ground level (agl).
As the aircraft executed its landing, it displayed good control and precision. The threshold height was satisfactory, and the pilot maintained a suitable threshold speed of 120 knots. The touchdown distance of 1,493 feet was also within acceptable limits. However, the touchdown speed of 115 knots was slightly higher than the ideal speed, which might indicate a need for further pilot improvement in this aspect.
The touchdown rate of -116 feet per minute (fpm) was smooth, indicating a controlled and stable descent. Nevertheless, the runway touchdown position was 38 feet off-centerline, which might be due to a slight deviation in the pilot's alignment during the landing rollout.
Local weather conditions were challenging, with a temperature of 102°F and a strong crosswind of 7 knots. The headwind of 9 knots also presented a significant challenge to the pilot. Despite these conditions, the aircraft managed to maintain a relatively good total landing distance of 2,966 feet, which is approximately 28% of the runway length.
The runway roll-out alignment was slightly off-centerline by 37 feet, which might be attributed to the lingering effects of the initial touchdown position deviation. Overall, the landing performance of the aircraft, C750, was satisfactory, considering the challenging weather conditions and the pilot's slight deviations in alignment and speed.
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